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The Harvard Humanitarian is a monthly e-newsletter compiled by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) to publicize news, publications, and events in the Harvard community related to advancing responses to humanitarian crises of war and disaster. Please help us make this a robust resource by contributing your Harvard community news items via email. |
SPECIAL FEATURE
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HHI Organizes the 5th Annual Humanitarian Action Summit: Climate and Crisis
The 5th Annual Humanitarian Action Summit: Climate and Crisis took place on May 13-14, 2013.
The Summit, co-hosted by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and the Harvard University Center for the Environment, provided a platform to explore approaches to addressing the human and material costs of climate change.
Summit discussions focused on the acute and chronic issues at the intersection of climate change and humanitarian action, including the impact of climate change on food security, forced migration, and conflict as well as the current technology, methods, and applications for monitoring and mapping climate change. The first day featured a panel discussion entitled, "Rethinking Humanitarian Aid," sponsored by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Additionally, the first day of the Summit featured a panel discussion titled "Rethinking Humanitarian Aid," sponsored by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Panel members discussed how humanitarian aid might be most effectively organized and delivered today.
To read coverage of the event in the Harvard Gazette, please click here.
To learn more about the 2013 Humanitarian Action Summit, please click here.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Spaces Still Open for Humanitarian Academy Summer Workshop and Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course
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Registration still available for the Humanitarian Action Evaluation and Implementation Summer Workshop (June 17-22), an intensive, hands-on opportunity for humanitarian professionals to develop a vital skill set in development, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of humanitarian programs. Registration is also still available for the Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course (July 26 - 28), a three-day course organized by the Humanitarian Academy at Harvard's Lavine Family Humanitarian Studies Initiative to train humanitarian professionals on the current issues and practices involved in this unique and expanding area of research and practice.
To learn more about the Humanitarian Action Evaluation and Implementation Summer Workshop, please click here.
To learn more about the Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course, please click here.
HHI Faculty Respond to Marathon Bombing
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HHI faculty - many of whom are emergency physicians at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Mass General Hospital, Beth Israel and Children's - were on hand to respond to the trauma of the tragic marathon bombing.
To read a letter from the HHI director on the response, please click here.
To read The Harvard Gazette feature, please click here.
HHI Faculty Featured in IRIN News
Dr. Ronak Patel, Director of the Urbanization and Humanitarian Emergencies Program, was featured in an IRIN News article addressing the role of humanitarian aid in violent urban areas. Dr. Patel discussed the role of humanitarian law in "other situations of violence" that are not classified as international conflicts.
To read the article, please click here.
To read more about the Urbanization and Humanitarian Emergencies Program, please click here.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Event times, dates, and locations listed here are subject to change without notice. Please contact the event host for more information.
Scaling Up HIV Treatment for Prevention in Africa
May 22, 2013
12:30-1:30 PM
HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Kresge 502
To learn more about this event, please click here.
Health and Globalization: Contemporary Challenges
Friday, June 7, 2013
The Fletcher School for International Affairs
Chase Center, Carmichael Hall
Gian Luca Burci, Legal Counsel of the World Health Organization, will speak to the Fletcher community on "Health and Globalization: Contemporary Challenges."
To learn more, click here.
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
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Boston.com. April 24, 2013.
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About The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
HHI fosters interdisciplinary collaboration at Harvard University in order to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian strategies for relief, protection, and prevention; instill human rights principles and practices in these strategies; and educate and train the next generation of humanitarian leaders. In 2005, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative was established as a University-wide interfaculty academic and research center, supported by the Office of the Provost and the Harvard School of Public Health with the participation of faculty from Harvard schools and affiliated hospitals. For more information, visit www.hhi.harvard.edu. |
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